Halloween Horror Nights 2026 (USH) - Speculation & Rumors

[Wishmaster]

I mean sure true but last year was just built different

FNAF, Terrifier, Jason, Scarecrow, WWE, and Fallout. Like I'm sorry but on paper thats a killer line up, along with them improving the Blumhouse tram from the year before it with Insidious.

This year is solid but for sure its going to be more hitting different and like I said I'm very open for it to be amazing and hoping many of these house surprise me in how amazing they are lastly, I think almost any line up this year would be hard to top last year.

Every decade has 2-3 years that’s built different. 2010’s had 2016 & 2019 (Mine is 2016/2017). You can go back to the 2000s as well. I literally said in the thread last year to enjoy it cause it won’t come back the same. 2027 has a chance to be the 2nd year that’s built different. It comes and goes.

 

[rageofthegods]

Hellraiser and Sinners are enough to put this year above the last for me tbh.

 

[Freak]

Hellraiser and Sinners are enough to put this year above the last for me tbh.

Agreed. I’ve been posting as far back at the HHN Vault! (Any of you remember the Vault?) Back then we were talking about how much we would like to see a Hellraiser house! It was also requested every single year in the 2010’s. It’s gonna be surreal to finally see that official announcement!

 

[deadbydawn]

Ages ago, Knott's did do the Grudge (although to be honest, I believe it was technically Grudge 2). It was the first (and maybe only?) IP maze they ever did.

But even Shadowlands was fun and unique. I know HHN messed up with an unfortunate Asian "Fu Man Chu" like costume a while ago which has likely made them skittish to revisit Asian culture. I also realize that there's a very large Latin market in LA that's well worth tapping in to, so I do get why they'd lean into that. But enough time has gone by to give it another go. Can you imagine Uzumaki as a maze?

Knott's has also done Quarantine, Beowulf, and Evil Dead as far as IP goes. It's been a long time, though.

Agreed. I’ve been posting as far back at the HHN Vault! (Any of you remember the Vault?) Back then we were talking about how much we would like to see a Hellraiser house! It was also requested every single year in the 2010’s. It’s gonna be surreal to finally see that official announcement!

This would (will?) be awesome. It's been on my wishlist for years.

 

[DTH]

Last year sucked on paper and in person, I don't care what anyone says lol it was the best year post-Covid in terms of quality builds, but also more than half the event had already been done before. Imo, we are far from what this event used to be 2013-2019 in terms of scariness & gruesomeness, and even then, there were some weak years, but still nothing quite compares to 2007-2012, 2014 & 2016.

This current lineup makes me think this year could be the year we at least get back to 2019 territory in terms of tone. Again, all the props to last year in terms of how much budget was put onto the streets and in the mazes, but HHN has been catering too long to try to please everyone and bring in new audiences. It's a business, yes, that part makes sense to me, and they brought back the "premium event" aspect last year for sure, but also let's stick to making this the scariest event too. Murdy talked about that being his goal last year and I just don't think that tone can be reached with 3.5 repeats, WWE, Chainsaw Man, and 2 video games that aren't that scary. With this lineup, they can definitely get there.